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Hi all. Just getting round to finishing off the porch internals. The porch is single skin brickwork, with 100 timber internal stud on the new single skin exterior walls (insulated). Ceiling is also insulated and now boarded. My question is how to finish what was the old exterior wall...

Hi all, About to line out our single skin porch. Method proposed to be used is membrane, 25x38 battens, then either 50/75mm celotex and plasterboard or PL4000 My question is around the window reveals (external corners). 25mm batten don't seem to give much to fix to for the board in the...

Hi all, Without going into all the details, a friend of mine helped me screed my floor on my extension. I was going to do this myself but as he was a plasterer and had done screeds before, I done the mixing and donkey work and he done the screed. However, and I am baffled how on earth he...

Hi all, My vaulted pitched roof is made up of 200mm rafters. Tiles on top with a breathable membrane, 100mm airgap, then 100mm foil backed GA4000. I was going to put Celotex PL4000 underneath. Do I need to add a vapour control layer in this setup? Thanks in advance Paul

Hi all, Trying to figure out how to fix the felt support tray/eaves comb when using a 19mm Fascia. I can only find answers that assume a timber fascia. Should I put a timber batten a bit further back and fix into that?? Thanks in advance Paul

Hi all, Currently our gas metre sits on the side of our detached house and on our land, and is accessible to whoever does the readings as it is not fenced off and is currently part of our "front garden" but sits next to a fence dividing our front from our rear garden. We want to extend...

Hi all, What level would you run cables in a newly vaulted ceiling? The timbers are 200x50, celotex will be going upto 140 with 20mm below the rafters. Would you run the cables above insulation, in the middle or below the rafters between the 20mm insulation and bottom of the rafters...

Hi all, fitting some twisted straps to the wall and rafters on my roof, and where the strap twists and meets the wallplate it pushes away the strap from the blockwork by approx 10-20mm. Is this normal? Do I need to rebate some of the wall plate to get the bend closer to the wall or will I...

Hi all, I've got to attach a ridgeboard to an existing wall, and the centre of the timber falls on a mortar joint. Is it ok to use through bolts on the mortar joint, or should I move the holes on the timber? The height of the ridgeboard can't be moved otherwise the pitch of the roof...

Hi all, Can you use joist hangers on this breeze block wall with wall plate on top as shown in the photo and what joist hangers shuld I use? The 6x2 joists will be to support a ceiling. The wall plate will also have rafters sitting on it. Thanks in advance Paul[/img]

Hi all, Cut a rafter to 10 degrees, offered up to wall only to find the existing house wall is out of level. My question is for every rafter that is out on the plumb cut should I make an adjusting cut so that the rafter sits square to the existing wall as opposed to just the tip of the...

Hi all, Where would you place insulation when building a mono pitched roof with 6x2 ceiling ties underneath? In other words not a vaulted roof, and additionally is it best practice nowdays to insulation under the joists, such as celotex pl4000?? Sorry if its a dumb question I can't seem...

Hi all, Im looking to build a roof this weekend on my single storey extension. Timbers are 200 x 50, and the wall plates are 100 x 50. My question is do I need to do a birdsmouth cut at the top as well as on the wall plate that sits on top of the brickwork (bottom of the rafter), or can I...

Hi all, We are having a sloping pitched roof on our rear extention and the architect has put 100mm insulation between 200mm rafters, then below the rafters a 50mm insulation with vapour control & drywall built in, Kingspan Insulation K17. Then an additional 12.5mm plasterboard on top of...

Hi all, Im in the process of decorating my hall. We've had the ceiling skimed, walls have been filled and sanded, and woodword sanded down. Were about to start painting shortly but I wondered is it neccessar to sugar soap everything & wash down with clean water? The reason I ask is that...

Hi all, Our galvanised steel frame has rusted away and needs replacing. Its a standard 450 x 600 size. However, the origional builders (a national house builder) have installed the concrete reinforced housing that the frame sits in unlevel. Additionally, half of the cover is on the drive...

Hi all. Is there a way to find out what existing foundations we have on our home other than digging up and looking? Our house is 25 years old and were looking to extend, single storey, but living in a clay area the foundations might be pile and beam and the local Building Control have...

Hi all, Im trying to re-plumb a waste for my dads new sink, but the origional waste pipework seems to be a non-standard size. Its bigger than 32mm but smaller than 40mm. Can anyone shed any light as to what size it is, and how I can connect a 32mm pipe to it? Memory tells me its an...

Hi all, Last winter, I noticed that our front door had a hell of a breeze comming through it. With the end of summer I thought id look into draftproofing the door, but have noticed the following: The external door frame has been scribed to accept the weatherboard, which runs the full...